Honourable
Claire Henry
High Court Judge
Place of Birth: Antigua
Professional Qualification
1997: Howard University, B.A. in Sociology
1980: New York Law School, JD
1980: Called to the Bar, New York
1986: Hugh Wooding Law School, Trinidad & Tobago. Legal Education
Certificate
1987: Called to the Bar, Antigua & Barbuda
Career
1980: Law Assistant, Law Department, Civil Court of the City of New
York
1980 – 1984: Law Assistant, Trial Part, Civil Court of the City
of New York
1984 – 1985: Senior Law Assistant, Law Department, New York
State Supreme Court, Brooklyn, New York
1986 – 1989: Crown Counsel, Attorney General’s Chambers,
Antigua & Barbuda
1989 – 1994: Private Practice, Partner, Wason & Wason, Attorneys
At Law, Antigua & Barbuda
1994 – 2000: Magistrate, Antigua & Barbuda
2000 – 2003: Chief Magistrate, Antigua & Barbuda
2003 – present: High Court Judge, Eastern Caribbean Supreme
Court
Professional Qualification
1979 – 1982: University of the West Indies, LL.B. [Honours]
1982 – 1984: Hugh Wooding Law School, Trinidad & Tobago,
Legal Education Certificate
1989 – 1990: University of Wales, LL.M.
1984: Called to the Bar, Commonwealth of Dominica
1993: Called to the Bar, BVI
Career
1984 – 1986: State Attorney, Commonwealth of Dominica
1986 – 1989: Crown Counsel, British Virgin Islands
1990 – 1993: Senior Crown Counsel, BVI Attorney General [Ag.],
British Virgin Islands; Registrar [Ag.], High Court, British Virgin
Islands
1995: Director of Public Prosecutions, Commonwealth of Dominica
1994 – 1995: Private Practice
1995 – 1997: Solicitor General, Commonwealth of Dominica
1997 – 1998: High Court Judge [Ag.], Saint Vincent & the
Grenadines
1999 – 2001: Private Practice
2001- present: High Court Judge, Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court
Honourable Francis Mortimer Cumberbatch
High Court Judge
Place of Birth : Guyana
Professional Qualification
1971 – 1974 : University of the West Indies, LL.B [Honours] [Second Class]
1974– 1976 : Hugh Wooding Law School, Legal Education Certificate
1977 : Called to the Bar, Guyana
2000 : Called to the Bar, Commonwealth of the Bahamas
Career
1976- 1980 : Senior State Counsel, Chambers of the DPP, Georgetown, Guyana
1980 – 2000 : Private Practice, Georgetown, Guyana
2000 – 2007 : Assistant Director of Legal Affairs / Assistant DPP, Office of the Attorney General,
Commonwealth of the Bahamas
2007: High Court Judge, Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court